Category: What Now?

Today may have been perfect if not for this.

Peeve of the Day

~ JodiLea

Who keeps spreading the word about me?

I just wrote a post about happiness being temporary. Today proves that theory. I needed a crowbar to empty my PO box this morning. It was crammed full of holiday catalogs, advertisements for insurance, and a multitude of letters asking for money.

Paperwork Mountian

I do have a few causes I donate to. The American Diabetes Association, for one. I am a diabetic, and I like to get their magazine. That being said, I am tired of them sending me requests to donate twice a week. Stop killing trees, for Pete’s sake. I send money when I can. When I feel like it. I’m a diabetic, so it’s not like I could forget. Sheesh!

Over time, my address spread to other organizations that needed money. I have lived at this address for almost 10 years. I counted the number of agencies that were after me. In just the last week – 21 different ones. Does everyone get that many? New ones appear often, and that tells me my name & address are still being passed around. Probably, for long after I die, they will keep mailing me. Creepy thought.

When Jesus calls me from the grave, I worry his arms will be full of my junk mail. But that is just silly. I’m sure that He will delegate that to a sweet angel, who will help me recycle it.

TTFN

Definitions of God

~ JodiLea
Your Dictionary Logo
Maybe they have the last , but it’s wrong.

According to the online Dictionary, YourDictionary.com, ‘God’ is defined as:

  • The (personification of the) laws of nature.
  • An impersonal and universal spiritual presence or force.
  • An image that is worshiped; idol.
  • A person or thing deified or excessively honored and admired.
  • Used variously, and in interjectional phrases, as an oath and as an expression of relief, determination, surprise, anger, etc.

I find these “definitions” reveal more about those at YourDictionary, than they do God.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines ‘God’ as:

  • The supreme reality
  • The being who men worship as creator and ruler of the universe
  • a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require man’s worship
  • a person or thing of supreme value

Close, but too vague to have an opinion

In Roget’s International Thesaurus, Fourth Edition, ‘God’ is defined as:

  • Lord, Jehovah, Providence.
  • The Supreme Being
  • God Almighty
  • Almighty God
  • The Alpha and the Omega; the infinite being
  • Omnipotent, Omnipresent
  • All knowing, all merciful, all Holy
  • King of Kings, Lord of Lords
  • The Maker, the Creator of all things

Roget pulled those definitions straight from the Bible. I have seen these in the Bible myself, along with a few other ones. My favorite? “Hearer of Prayers”

TTFN

A Virtual Race

~ JodiLea

To summarize, Mary Kay is hosting the MK5k as a virtual event this year. This annual race is to raise money for the Mary Kay Ash Foundation that funds research on women’s cancers and helps women to escape domestic abuse.

OK. Sounds easy, right? Except that you actually have to run, walk, bike, skip for 13 miles in 13 days. One mile a day would be a snap. Then I decided to sign my dog, Ziva, up also. She loves to walk. We will be a team, Team Ziva. We are ‘in training’ now – the race is Oct. 1 through Oct. 13. It will be a challenge, for many reasons, but mostly because Miss Ziva and I do not walk at the same pace. Her pace depends on if there are other people, dogs, squirrels, chain saws or wind. My pace depends upon how much I have warmed up before we leave the house, if I remembered to take my asthma meds, my blood sugar is stable, and the weather is calm. Are these variables show stoppers? No.

Ziva and I will walk regardless. Will we have fun? No. These are the 0.2 mile walks. Short, but if frustration converts to cardio, they are productive. We get more in sync the more regularly we walk. It is not her fault I have allergies. We have a page called “13 miles in 13 days” where we are keeping a log of our ‘adventures’. Mostly boring reading at the moment. Frankly, I’m taking advantage of the rest.

Official Timekeeper for Team Ziva

[Don’t tell her, but this is not a timed event]

Because this is a virtual event, you can join Team Ziva no matter where in the USA or Canada you live. A $35 registration fee will get you a T-shirt and go toward our fund raising goal. Think about it. We would love you to join us…

Our Fundraising Page is HERE

TTFN